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Acetone

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Noun

1. acetone, dimethyl ketone, propanone

the simplest ketone; a highly inflammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Acetone

see synonyms of acetone
noun
a colourless volatile flammable pungent liquid, miscible with water, used in the manufacture of chemicals and as a solvent and thinner for paints, varnishes, and lacquers. Formula: CH3COCH3
. Systematic name: propanone

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Acetone

see synonyms of acetone
noun
a colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, CH3COCH3, used in organic synthesis and as a solvent, esp. in making rayon: it is found in small amounts in normal urine but in greater amounts in diabetic urine

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Acetone

see synonyms of acetone
n.
A colorless, volatile, extremely flammable liquid ketone, C3H6O, widely used as an organic solvent. It is one of the ketone bodies that accumulate in the blood and urine when fat is being metabolized.

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